The 2024 edition of this report is a contribution towards a better understanding of the circular economy for plastics, and its evolution over the years. It provides an overview of European plastics production, conversion into products and components, consumption, waste management. It also addresses the different recycling technologies and plastics production from non-fossil based resources, i.e. bio-based and bio-attributed and carbon captured plastics. The report shows 2022 estimated data.  Read more >

A new study casts doubt on the viability of biodegradable plastics as an answer to plastic pollution. Richard Thompson, a British marine biologist who devoted his career to studying plastic waste, has long wondered how well biodegradable shopping bags actually degrade.So in 2015, he and his graduate students at Plymouth University buried a collection of bags labeled as biodegradable in the school’s garden.Three years later, when the bags were dug up, they not only had remained intact, they still could carry almost five pounds of groceries.“It did surprise me that after three years you can still carry shopping home in them,” he said in an interview with National Geographic. “They didn’t have the same strength as they had when they were brand new. But they hadn’t degraded to any meaningful extent.”The indestructible qualities of biodegradable bags are just one of the findings in a first-of-its-kind study published today in the…

How this robotic farm uses 90% less water than traditional farming.

The recycling industry is in crisis – and it’s kind of our fault.Recycling has become so expensive that some US cities have ended the programs all together.Find out what you should be recycling, and how we can solve this crisis.

Plastic pollution is everywhere and it has dangerous consequences for the environment and life on planet earth. For example, as a result of plastic pollution, 700+ species of marine lifeface extinction. Therefore it is important to use technologies for tackling plastic pollution.That’s whyis partnering with the United Nations to promote SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) #14, to preserve life below water, by avoiding plastic bags, to keep the ocean safe and clean.Here we introduce 6 technologies used in Israel for tackling plastic pollution. These technologies are helping tackle plastic pollution and making the ocean a safer and more sustainable home for thousands of creatures

WAVES OF PLASTIC CRASH UPON DURBAN SHORELINE: This video (taken 12 December) is disturbing to me on so many levels. We have the ability to do (and be) better than this. I understand there are a lot of factors at play here, but surely we can find a solution so that our garbage doesn’t end up in our oceans like this? Such a pity.